Rocks, gems, jewelry in the spotlight as spring show set for March 16-17

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Calling all rock hounds: the spring 2019 Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show is just around the corner.

The City of Port Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation’s free show, which is coordinated by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association, is set for 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 16, and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Featured speakers at the show will be talking about rocks found around the Olympic Peninsula and amethyst found at the Little Gem Mine in Montana.

Show organizers will be cracking open and displaying a geode that has crystals inside.

Retired geologist Bob Jackson will present “Big Amethyst at Little Gem Mine, Montana” at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Jackson is known for his four-volume series, “Rockhound’s Guide to Washington.” He will have specimens he mined from Little Gem, Spruce and Rock Candy mines.

Peninsula College geologist Dann May offers “Olympic Peninsula ‘Rocks’” at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

The event also features vendors, a Rock Alley filled with rocks and games for children, a raffle (including a jade carving and a new Dremel tool) set for 3 p.m. Sunday, and more

The Boys & Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula-Port Angeles Unit will proved food, with all sales benefitting the clubs.

For more information, call Kathy Schreiner at 360-681-3811 or see sequimrocks.org.